October 8, 2014 – NATIONAL FLUFFERNUTTER DAY – NATIONAL PIEROGI DAY – NATIONAL BRING YOUR TEDDY BEAR TO WORK AND SCHOOL DAY – NATIONAL STOP BULLYING DAY – NATIONAL EMERGENCY NURSES DAY

 

                                      NATIONAL FLUFFERNUTTER DAY

National Fluffernutter Day is celebrated annually on October 8th.  This is a day set aside each year to make and enjoy the sandwich which is made with peanut butter and marshmallow fluff.
A sweet marshmallow-like spread, that he called “Marshmallow Cream” was invented in 1917 by Archibald Query in Somerville, Massachusetts.  In 1913 during World War I, Emma and Amory Curtis of Melrose, Massachusetts invented Snowflake Marshmallow Creme and published a recipe for a peanut butter and marshmallow creme sandwich, which is the earliest known example of a Fluffernutter.
Archiblad Query sold his recipe for “Marshmallow Creme” to Durkee-Mower, Inc. who renamed it Marshmallow Fluff and continues to sell it under that name today.
It was in 1960 that the term Fluffernutter was created by an advertising agency for Durkee-Mower in an attempt to effectively market the peanut butter and marshmallow sandwich.
http://www.marshmallowfluff.com/pages/fluffernutter.html
HAPPY NATIONAL FLUFFERNUTTER DAY!
NATIONAL FLUFFERNUTTER DAY HISTORY
Within our research, we were unable to find the creator of National Fluffernutter Day, an “unofficial” national holiday.

National Pierogi Day

NATIONAL PIEROGI DAY

Today is the day that pierogi lovers across the nation have been waiting for, it is National Pierogi Day.  This holiday is celebrated each year on October 8.

• Pierogi is the plural form of the rarely used Polish word pierog.
• The word Pierogi can be found spelled a number of ways including perogi and pierogy.

However you choose to spell this delicious side dish, it is all the same.  Pierogi are dumplings made up of unleavened dough that are first boiled then sometimes baked or fried in butter and optionally adding onion.  Usually semicircular in shape, they are traditionally stuffed with a mashed potato filling, potato and cheese, potato and onion, cheese, cabbage, sauerkraut, ground meat, mushroom, spinach or fruit.
Pierogi are often served with melted butter, sour cream, fried bacon crumbles, sauteed mushrooms and onions and/or green onion.  The dessert variety, those filled with a fruit filling, can be enjoyed topped with apple sauce, maple syrup, chocolate sauce and/or whipped cream.
There are other similar types of “dumpling like” dishes in other ethnic cuisines 
It was the Eastern European immigrants that popularized pierogi in the United States.  At first, pierogi were a family food among the immigrants and were also found in ethnic restaurants;  Freshly cooked pierogi became a staple fundraisers by ethnic churches in the post-World War II era.  By the 1960′s, pierogi could be found in the frozen food aisles of grocery stores in many parts of the United States.
While in other countries pierogi are eaten as a main dish, Americans typically consider them to be a side dish.

• At every Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game, there is a “pierogi race” where four runners, wearing pierogi costumes, race toward a finish line.
• Whiting, Indiana celebrates an annual Pieroti Fest each July.

HAPPY NATIONAL PIEROGI DAY !
NATIONAL PIEROGI DAY HISTORY
Within our research, we were unable to find the creator of National Pierogi Day, an “unofficial” national holiday.

NATIONAL BRING YOUR TEDDY BEAR TO WORK AND SCHOOL DAY

National bring your teddy bear to work and school day is observed annually on the second Wednesday in October.

NATIONAL STOP BULLYING DAY

National Stop Bullying Day, which is referred to by some as “unity” Day is celebrated annually on the second Wednesday in October  This annual celebration is to bring awareness of the need to stand up against and put and end to bullying.
For complete information regarding National Stop Bullying Day, an “unofficial” national holiday, see: 
http://www.heyugly.org/NationalStopBullyingDay.php
http://www.pacer.org/bullying/nbpm/unity-day.asp

NATIONAL EMERGENCY NURSES DAY

Each year on the second Wednesday in October we take this day to say “thank you” to the emergency room nurses for their hard work, dedication, service and commitment to their patients and families and their loyalty to the emergency nursing profession.
Sponsored by the Emergency Nurses Association since 1989, National Emergency Nurses Day is part of Emergency Nurses Week.
For more information, see:  http://www.ena.org/about/en-week/pages/Default.aspx